Combined window seat and refrigerator



A ril 15, 1930. M. MIZRAHI 1,754,540

COMBINED WINDOW SEAT AND REFRIGERATOR Filed Aug. 22, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 avw eutoz April 15, 1930. M. MIZRAHI COMBINED WINDOW SEAT AND REFRIGERATOR Filed Aug. 22, 1928' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 avwehboz 9 Patented Apr. 15, 1930 MOZ MIZRAHI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED WINDOW SEAT AND REFRIGERATOR Application filed August 22, 1928. Serial No. 301,279.

This invention relates to constructions adapted to be mounted at the window sill, particularly of a kitchen, or the like, for facilitating the wor; of the housewife therein and which is also available as a safety support for the cleaning of windows throughout the apartment.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described including a collapsible window seat construction which is engageable with fasteners at a plurality of windows for successive use at the windows to support a person cleaning the same, which window seat construction has mounted there in a cabinet detachably engaged therewith so that the cabinet may be removed from the window seat construction when the latter is to be transferred from one window to another.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved device of the nature set forth wherein the window seat construction is adapted with facility to be disengaged from one window and to be reliably secured to another window in course of cleaning a plurality of windows, the device, however, being normally positioned always preferably at the kitchen window at which time the cabinet is mounted thereon for the reception of various articles which may thus be conveniently stored and with particular advantage in cold weather.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved device of the nature set forth wherein a flower pot is adapted to be detachably mounted upon the cabinet and in reliable engagement therewith.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved flower pot having a novel arrangement for the drainage of water and whereby the dripping of Water is prevented.

A. further object of the invention is to construct a device of the type mentioned which comprises few and simple parts, which can be constructed with a minimum of material and labor, which is strong and rugged, and eflicient in use to a high degree.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

"With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the sub]oined claims, and illustrated on the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout in the drawings:

the several views.

Figure l is a view in elevation of the window seat construction mounted on a window, the latter being shown in part in cross section.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the same from the inside of the window.

Flg. 5 is an enlarged front view of the same with parts removed to show interior construction.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of the window seat construction wlth parts removed.

Fig. 7 is a similar View of a modified cabinet.

Fig. 8 is a vertical section showing the combined window seat construction and cabinet, and lncludmg Figs. 6 and 7 1n assembled position.

Fig. 9 is a vertical 9-9 of Fi 8.

The advantages of section taken on line the invention as here outlined are best realized when all of its features and instrumenta lities are combined in one and the same structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less than the whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several difierent constructions. The accompanying drawing,

therefore, is submitted merely as showing the referred exemplification of the invention.

Generally described, the invention provides a window seat collapsible so as minimum of space. includes a plurality 0 construction which is to be adapted to occupy a The said construction f fasteners which are intended to be secured in place at a series of windows so that the construction referred to may be readily mounted at any one of the windows to safely support a person cleaning the same. When not thus used, the window seat construction is intended to remain at the kitchen window where it is employed to support a cabinet for the storage of various articles, as, for example, edible materials, thus constituting an important convenience to the housewife and one which in cold weather affords a high degree of advantage in use. The said cabinet is detachable from the window seat construction to permit the latter to be conveniently transferred from one window to another. Mounted removably on the cabinet is a receptacle in the nature of a flower pot which is likewise removable when the window seat construction is to be used on the different windows. The said flower pot includes a drainage device which will prevent the dripping of water to the annoyance of tenants below.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 10 denotes a window seat construction adapted to be mounted at a window 11. The latter includes a sill 12 having horizontal and vertical guide members 13 and 14 for window sashes, not shown. Exteriorly at the window, the sill terminates in the face portion 15 of the masonry or concrete of the building wall. The device 10 includes a seat portion 16 and a back portion 17, the former being adapted to overlie the window sill, while the latter is intended to extend in an upright plane out side of the window.

The device 10 may be made of any suitable material, preferably sheet metal plate which may be properly re-enforced to stand all the strains to which it may be subjected. More particularly, it will be noted that the seat portion 16 comprises a plate 18 along the side edges of which extend the bars 19, while the edge portions of the plate are formed into tubular cross sections to enclose the said bars and thus form a rigid connection and effective re-enforcement for the device 10. Rivets 20 may be used to strengthen the connection. The bars 19 project in a forward direction from the plate 18 as shown at 21, and the ends referred to are adapted to take into the U fasteners 22 that extend vertically, into the sill 12. Pins 23 are readily passed through holes in the projections 21 so as to prevent rearward sliding movement of the window seat construction. At": the rear or outer portion of the seat 16 the same is formed with a plurality of window supporting members 24, 25 which extend in transverse relation to each other, and are secured to the underside of the seat 16 and rest against the upper face of the wall 15. This serves to properly bal ance the seat 16 and to retain the same in a. horizontal plane. It is of course intended that there be a suitable relation as between the height of the member 13 of the window and the supports 24, 25 to obtain the desired level condition of the device. In practice a plurality of the devices 10 will be used in a building so that these features of the device may be readily made to suit the building specifications.

In order to be collapsible, the back portion 17 is pivotally mounted on the seat 16 at the pins or rivets 26. As may be noted from Fig. 3, the back portion referred to is made of a single piece of plate metal having its vertical edge portions bent into tubular form at 27 to embrace therein the re-enforcing bars 28 which may be rigidly connected to the tubular portions by means of transverse rivets 29. At their lower ends the said bars are offset at 30 to provide forward extending arms 31 and are disposed along the outside of the seat portion 16 and receive the pivots 26 aforementioned. The plate 32 has its lower edge portion bent into a structural form, as, for example, that of a box 33 which constitutes an abutment against the seat 16 and prevents the rearward pivoting of the back 17 The said back is, however, free to swing in a forward direction for collapsing as shown in dot dash lines in Fig. 1. Supplemental fastening means for the window seat construction are embodied in chains 34, 35, the former being detachably connected to a hook 36 on the side of the window, while the latter is permanent ly connected to an upper edge portion of the back 17 by means of anchors 37. A hook 38 engages the chains 34, 35 in a manner to permit adjustment for the distance as between the hooks 36 and the anchor members 37. This is found to be particularly useful where the windows with which the device is to be used are of varying widths.

Mounted on the window seat construction is a cabinet 40 of any usual six sided type, preferably rectangular in form. The said cabinet may be made of any suitable material, preferably sheet metal, which may be galvanized so as to render the same proof against the action of weather. The said cabinet is adapted to rest snugly on the seat 16 and against the back 17 and extends substantially from one end of the window seat to the other so as to be housed between the chains 34, 35. The latter accordingly afford a certain degree of endwise support to the cabinet. However, to assure absolute reliability, fastening means 41 are used which include hooks 42 pivotally mounted on the cabinet at 43 and adapt ed to engage the headed pins 44 which project laterally from the back 17. Therefore with a simple movement of the hook 42 the cabinet is readily and securely positioned on the window seat construction. At the front of the cabinet 45 is a door which is hingedly mounted at 46 to open inward, for example, when the adjacent sash is raised. A locking device 4:7 of any suitable nature serves to maintain the door closed so that neither wind nor Weather may enter the cabinet. In order to contain a plurality of articles, the said cabinet is interiorly shelved as shown at 48, and in this respect of course the cabinet may be provided with all the conveniences well known in the art for the reception and storage of articles of both solid and liquid form.

Mounted on the cabinet is a receptacle or flower pot 48 which is made preferably of sheet metal and includes along its ends guide members 49 which are of U-form and are adapted to receive flange portions 50 which may be constructed on the cabinet in any desired manner and may constitute a projection of the upper wall of the cabinet.

Accordingly the receptacle i8 is engaged with the cabinet by sliding movement in a direction transverse to the latter and is also easily removed therefrom by sliding movement in an opposite direction. If it be desired that the outward movement of the flower pot &8 be limited so that by accident the same may not be moved entirely off from the cabinet,

the latter may have flanges 51 projected from the rear wall thereof and which will constitute an abutment for the U-members l9. To afford improved drainage for the flower pot, the latter is made with an internal tubular portion 52 extending lengthwise therea-long and being of triangular form in cross section and having notches or inlets 53 in the arms thereof. The said tubular portion 52 communicates at its end with an outlet 5% to which is screwed a nipple 55 having loosely threaded thereon at its end'a street elbow 56. A container 57 is suspended by means of a handle 58 which takes around the nipple 55. hen the elbow extends downward as shown in dotted lines, water from the flower pot that flows into the tubular portion 52 through the inlets 53 is free to flow outward through the said elbow and into the container 57. In this way objectionable dripping of the excess water is prevented. Thereafter the container 57 may be removed and the elbow 56 turned to extend upward as shown in full lines so that any possible dripping of the water is prevented inasmuch as the water would have to rise to the level of the upper end of V the elbow.

It will now be seen that various features of the device are adapted for rapid and eliicient interchange and use. Thus should it be desired to clean a window, all that is necessary to do is first to remove the flower pot d8 from the cabinet by a simple sliding forward movement, and then to unlatch the fastening means ll whereupon the cabinet may be withdrawn so that the person may sit outside the window and safely carry on all the necessary operations in connection with the cleaning of a window.

Thereafter the pins 23 are withdrawn and the chains 34 disengaged from the anchors 36 whereupon the device 10 is readily collapsed and removed to another window where it is again engaged with a plurality of fasteners 22 and with the pins 23, after which the chain members are applied.

In Figs. 6 to 9 is shown a modification of the invention wherein a collapsible seat construction 60 includes a back portion 61 and a seat portion 62 which are hingedly connected together at 63. Both portions of the device 60 have edge flanges 6% extending therea-round and constituting the members 61, 62 of box formation. (lo-operating with the seat construction 60 is a cabinet 65 having a top 66, side walls 67, and a front door 681 The rear and bottom of the cabinet are entirely open and are supplied by the back of the seat 61 and (32, respectively. "When the cabinet is mounted upon the device 60 the portions 66 and 67 thereof extend over the adjacent flan 64 as may be particularly noted in Figs. 8 and 9 so that the cabinet is rendered proof against the entrance of rain or weather. Fastening means 69 secure the cabinet to the device 60, the said fastening means extending in an angular or lateral direction from the bottom 62 and into engagement with the side walls 67 of the cabinet, thus drawing the latter into snug engagement with the proper flanges 64-. In all other respects this modific-ation is similar in construction and action as the device described in. Figs. 1 and 5.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a device which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use and which fulfills the several objects of the invention.

1 claim:

1. A device of the character described, including a window attachment comprising a seat and a back to support a person seated in the window, a closure having a top, a front, and side walls to removably coact with the at tachment to provide an enclosure for the reception of the articles, and angular fastening means between the seat and the side walls of the closure to hold the latter down on the attachment, and with the side walls snug against the seat and back of the attachment, and with the front wall in snug coaction with the adjacent edge of the attachment.

2. A device of the character described, including a window attachment comprising a seat and a back to support a person seated in the window, a closure having a top, a front and side walls to removably coact with the attachment to provide an enclosure for the reception of articles, and a single fastening at each side wall, said fastening extending between its side wall and the said seat angularly to pull the top, front, and side walls of the closure into snug engagement with adjacent edges of the attachement to make the en closure tight against wind and weather.

3. A device of the character described, ill- AIL) eluding a window attachment, comprising a seat and a back to support a person seated in the window, a closure having a top, a front, and side walls to removably coact with the attachment to provide an enclosure for the reception of articles, and means to secure the closure to said attachment and to pull the closure into snug engagement with the attachment to make the enclosure weathertight.

4. A device of the character described, in

cluding a window attachment, comprising a seat and a back to support a person seated in the window, a closure having a top, a front,

' and side walls to removably coact with the attachment to provide an enclosure for the reception of articles, and means to secure the closure to said attachment and to pull the closure into snug engagement with the attachment to make the enclosure weathertight, the said closure being made of a pliable thin sheet material that has sufiicient give to be easily mounted on the attachment and made up Weather-tight.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MOZ MIZRAHI. 

